# PauliGate¶

class PauliGate(label)[source]

Bases: qiskit.circuit.gate.Gate

A multi-qubit Pauli gate.

This gate exists for optimization purposes for the quantum statevector simulation, since applying multiple pauli gates to different qubits at once can be done via a single pass on the statevector.

The functionality is equivalent to applying the pauli gates sequentially using standard Qiskit gates

Create a new gate.

Parameters
• name – The Qobj name of the gate.

• num_qubits – The number of qubits the gate acts on.

• params – A list of parameters.

• label – An optional label for the gate.

Methods Defined Here

 inverse Return inverted pauli gate (itself). validate_parameter Gate parameters should be int, float, or ParameterExpression

Attributes

decompositions

Get the decompositions of the instruction from the SessionEquivalenceLibrary.

definition

Return definition in terms of other basic gates.

duration

Get the duration.

label

Return instruction label

Return type

str

params

return instruction params.

unit

Get the time unit of duration.